Foundation Repair in Lewisville, TX

Lewisville spells out foundation repair as its own building permit type. The City of Lewisville lists it among its permits, with applications and payments through MGO Connect. A fee schedule for 2024 listed a residential foundation repair permit, but it was seen through a search index rather than the city's own file, so confirm the current fee with the city. For a homeowner who is hiring a foundation repair company, that is a useful question to ask before the work starts: who pulls the permit?

The ground is part of the story. In a sample of 25 points around the centre of Lewisville, 5 fell on water. Of the other 20, 16 sat on soil rated high or very high for shrink-swell, though only 5 of those were rated very high. The commonest soil series were Crockett at 3 points, then Frio and Ovan at 2 points each. Clay rated this way swells when it gets wet and shrinks when it dries, which lifts and drops slabs and piers.

Flooding is the second question. In the same sample, 7 of 20 land points sat inside FEMA's mapped floodplain. That describes the area, not any one address, so look up your own lot on FEMA's flood map. Water that sits beside a slab keeps the clay under it wet, which is why drainage work shows up so often next to the pier work on this page.

The median Lewisville home was built in 1996, and most were built in 1990 or later. Newer Texas homes are more often slab, as a general pattern. Even so, six of the seven businesses repair both slab and pier and beam foundations, using steel and concrete piers. Flush Leveling Foundation, Pinnacle Foundation Repair, A-Plus Foundation Repair Company and G.L. Hunt Foundation Repair also offer foam or mud lifting for sunken slabs, and RS Foundations adds French drains, root barriers and concrete leveling.